Dewhurst spokesman Matt Hirsch said besides attending the fundraiser, Dewhurst met with the National Farm Bureau Association, as well as friends and supporters from Texas. He again made the point that Cruz has raised far more from D.C. and Washington-based groups.

Dallas Morning News reporter Todd Gillman described the scene, saying Dewhurst was raising money with the assistance of Sen. Jim Inhofe, of Oklahoma:

The invitation shows tickets going from $500 per person (or half that for a “young professional”) to $2,500, or $5,000 for political action committees. The event is at a townhouse just north of the Capitol. … Dozens of donors – many wearing nametags indicating they work for lobbying firms and government contractors, as is typical at high-dollar campaign events in Washington – filed out of the townhouse near the Capitol as Dewhurst schmoozed inside.